Get Set UK
Finance Officer
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Finance Officer
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You already have practical experience in an accounts team and understand that good finance work is more than processing invoices. You can reconcile accounts, investigate discrepancies, keep accurate records and explain what is happening when something does not balance.
As a Finance Officer at Get Set UK, you will join a collaborative finance team responsible for day-to-day transactional accounting. The role is largely focused on purchase ledger and credit control, with broader exposure to reconciliations, month-end activity, audit support and financial reporting.
This is a home-based role, but it is not an entry-level finance or general administration position.
Before you apply: the essentials
To be considered, your CV must clearly demonstrate:
- Hands-on experience working in an accounts or finance team, with practical responsibility for transactional finance activities such as purchase ledger, sales ledger, credit control, payments or expenses.
- Practical experience completing financial reconciliations, including investigating and resolving discrepancies.
- AAT qualified, or an equivalent recognised accounting qualification.
- Experience working with accounting processes including accruals and prepayments.
- Demonstrable intermediate Excel skills used within a finance or accounts environment.
- Confident working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, with the ability to learn and adapt to other software and digital systems.
If your experience is mainly general administration, or your finance knowledge is primarily academic rather than practical, this is unlikely to be the right role for you.
What you will be doing
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You will work across Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, helping maintain accurate and up-to-date accounting records.
Day to day, that means:
- Monitoring the accounts mailbox, registering and processing purchase invoices, obtaining authorisations, processing expenses and preparing payment runs.
- Reconciling supplier statements, bank accounts, petty cash, company cards and purchasing systems, investigating differences and resolving queries rather than simply carrying them forward.
- Raising sales invoices, issuing remittances and carrying out credit control, following up outstanding balances professionally and persistently.
- Contributing to monthly closure tasks, including accruals and prepayments, and preparing accurate financial information used in management reporting and reports to external funders.
- Supporting year-end and audit activity and acting as a useful point of contact for managers, colleagues and suppliers when finance queries arise.
What success looks like
Your work is accurate, complete and delivered to deadline. Reconciliations balance because you investigate problems properly. Supplier and internal queries are dealt with promptly, and outstanding debts are actively managed.
You understand the accounting purpose behind the transactions you process and can spot when something does not look right.
You will also be developing broader accounting experience and becoming a dependable member of the team during month-end, reporting and audit activity.
Useful, but not essential
- Experience using Xero in an accounts role.
- Experience supporting month-end or year-end processes.
- Experience preparing financial information for management or externally funded reporting.
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About Get Set UK
Get Set UK delivers employment, skills, apprenticeships, health and justice services, helping people overcome barriers and progress towards meaningful, sustainable employment. We are part of Palladium, a global group operating across more than 90 countries, combining strong local delivery with international scale, knowledge and reach.
Our values are Be Ambitious, Be Proud, Be Considerate, Be Inspiring, and Own It, and they shape how we work with colleagues, participants and partners.
What you get
- 25 days’ annual leave, increasing with service.
- Vitality health and wellbeing support, including GP services, mental health support and physiotherapy.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, including up to six counselling sessions a year and legal, financial and debt guidance.
- Workplace pension, with salary sacrifice available subject to eligibility and scheme rules.
- Share buy scheme.
- Up to £360 a year through IncentFit for eligible activities.
- Wellbeing, retail, fitness, travel and mobile discounts, including 20% off eligible EE mobile plans.
Eligibility and inclusion
You must have the full right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available for this role.
Any offer will be subject to satisfactory references, right-to-work checks, pre-employment vetting, a minimum of a Standard DBS check and any other safeguarding or security checks required for the role.
Get Set UK is a Disability Confident and Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment.
If your CV clearly demonstrates the essential finance experience above and you are ready for broader responsibility in a transactional finance role, apply.
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